Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook) A high-ranking congressman has attested to the competence and value to the legislature of House Speaker Martin Romualdez amid rumors that there is a plot to unseat him. In a Facebook post Saturday, May 20,...
Newly-installed House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. "will remain a steady and reliable ally" of Speaker Martin Romualdez. Thus, said Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc. (PCFI) President and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co in a statement Friday,...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left) and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. (Facebook) Investing in modern rice mills can be a game changer for the Philippine rice industry, according to Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. Co shared this thought--and many others--during his recent...
The chairman of the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs is confident that the Philippine delegation sent to Kuwait would be able to address the issue on the oil-rich nation's visa suspension on Filipino workers. “I am fully convinced that the delegation will diligently pursue the best...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) to finally put an end to the perennial backlog on fire trucks in the country. In a public hearing of the House Committee on Public Order on Tuesday,...
From left to right: Shamcey Supsup-Lee, Miss Universe 2022 R'Bonney Gabriel, and Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez (Speaker's office) If you say that all three women standing in front are breathtakingly lovely beauty queens, you're correct. But the woman standing rightmost is a...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A pro-agriculture congressman is batting for a monthly fuel subsidy of not less than P1,000 for municipal fisherfolk. “Despite the fishing sector's major contribution, our fishermen continue to be among the fundamental sectors' poorest people," AGRI Party-list Rep Wilbert T. Lee...
(Unsplash) Concerned over reports that 2,478 women died of maternal causes in 2021, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes appealed to government to give pregnant women easier access to medical services. Reyes, a rookie lawmaker in the 19th Congress, highlighted the need to bring health services to...
(Tingog Party-list) Tingog Party-list recently helped facilitate the distribution of cash aid to some 300 individuals in need in Pasig City. The payout took place last May 11, Thursday at the Youth Development Center, Rave Park, Pasig City. Done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare...
(MANILA BULLETIN) A party-list solon has filed a bill institutionalizing various students’ rights in the country in a bid to protect and empower them. Pinuno Party-list Rep, Howard Guinto penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.7985, or the proposed Students’ Rights and Welfare Act of 2023. Guinto,...
The municipalities of Daraga and Manito in Albay received brand-new firetrucks from Ako-Bicol party-list and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Friday, May 12. MAYOR Carlwyn Baldo (third from left) of Daraga, Albay receives the ceremonial key for a brand-new firetruck from the Ako-Bicol party-list...
Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) Someone's trying to cause trouble, according to former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Guanzon gave this reaction to reports that Comelec had refuted a press release saying that it ordered her oath-taking and proclamation as...
